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Sony has just announced that a new Playstation 3 firmware update v4.20 will be released tomorrow.

It will carry fixes for number of issues, and will also add few new functionality which includes wireless stereo headset sidetone functionality, multiple save copy and more.

Here is the complete changelog for PS3 firmware 4.20. Check it out.

- When the wireless stereo headset (CECHYA-0080) is connected, you can now adjust the sidetone level for microphone audio. Select [Sidetone] under (Settings) > (Accessory Settings) > [Audio Device Settings].--Off: Disable microphone audio from the headset--1-5: Enable microphone audio from the headset

- You can now set the amount of time until the system automatically turns off. Under (Settings) > (Power Save Settings) > [System Auto-Off] you will be able amend the time for [Video/TV/Music/Photo] and for [Game/Other Features]:Video/TV/Music/Photo - After 1 Hour, After 2 Hours, After 3 Hours, After 4 Hours, After 5 Hours, OffGame/Other Features - After 1 Hour, After 2 Hours, After 3 Hours, After 4 Hours, After 5 Hours, Off--o If you enabled [System Auto-Off] in system software prior to version 4.20, the selected time will be set for both [Video/TV/Music/Photo] and [Game/Other Features].--o The default settings are [After 4 Hours] for [Video/TV/Music/Photo] and [After 1 Hour] for [Game/Other Features].

- Under (Games) > (Saved Data Utility (PS3™), you can now select multiple saved data items, and then either delete or copy them as a group.--You cannot use [Copy Multiple] to select data that is copy-protected.--Some saved data cannot be copied.--The upper right corner of the screen displays:the number of saved data items that are selectedthe total number of saved data itemsthe total file size of the saved data items that are selected

Sony has just started rolling out new firmware update 1.66 for Playstation VITA. According to details revealed by Sony, this is a replacement firmware update after firmware update 1.65 was pull down yesterday due to some technical issues.

The changelog for this new firmware update 1.66 remains the same, and its just a fully-working revision of 1.65 with no known problems.

You can check out changelog below:

[Notification Alert] setting added to Settings > [Sound & Display]

[After 10 Minutes] option added to Settings > [Power Save Settings]

An arrow icon is introduced to show when PS Vita finds new activities in LiveArea.

The Caps Lock icon in the On-Screen Keyboard can now be fixed to allow a continuous string of upper case text.

The [System Music] setting in Settings > [Sound & Display]
now affects BGM in PS Store, near and Sign-Up screens as well as the
Home menu.

When searching for location data, users now have the option to 'Retry' and 'Cancel' when a failure occurs.

A progress bar is introduced for application installation.

A direct link to PlayStation Store is made available for new applications that users may discover on near.

Users can now update data at any time within near, provided they are within the same location.

The display time of notification alerts has been reduced from 5 seconds to 3 seconds.

Functional improvements have been made in the following games and applications: Unit 13, Gravity Daze, near.

On US PS Blog, Sony has announced that a new firmware update v4.11 for Playstation 3 will be released today. This new firmware v4.11 is an optional and minor.

According to Sony, firmware v4.11 improves certain aspects of system software, and is not mandatory to connect to PSN. PS3 owners can download this update by selecting System Update from the Setting column of the XMB.

A debug firmware update v3.66 for Playstation 3 has been leaked online by a hacker named "Consoledev". However there is no need to panic, as this debug firmware update works only with Dev Unit, and not with the retail PS3 units.

"No, this does not mean CFW, but this hopefully can be useful to devs in establishing the future of CFW. This firmware is only for developers, researchers and this will only work on TEST units"

User running this debug firmware update on a retail PS3 will get an error before the installation is complete, "The data type is not supported. (8002F029)".

Sony has released the new mandatory firmware update v3.66 for all Playstation 3 users. According to the details revealed by Eric Lempel of SCEA, this new firmware update for PS3 only stabilize its network, stability of the all PS3 games.

PS3 owners can download the firmware 3.66 via System Update or simply go to the official PS website.

Sony has just released an optional firmware update v3.65 for Playstation 3. This new firmware update is an optional one and improves the the operating stability of some PS3 format software, and changes the XMB item SaveData Utility (minis) to [SaveData Utility(minis/PSP)].

To download the update all you need to do is select System Update from Setting Column of the XMB. Well i like to mention that this update is an optional one.